Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Andropogon \An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man +
   pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)
   A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly
   all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon
   and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States.
   The principal subgenus is {Sorghum}, including {A. sorghum}
   and {A. halepensis}, from which have been derived the Chinese
   sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom
   corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian
   species, as {A. nardus} and {A. sch[oe]nanthus}, yield
   fragrant oils, used in perfumery.